Something I inherited.

We all have inherited a particular thing from our lineage which we are continuing till today and may continue till the next and next generations to come. I was reading a few entries regarding this topic yesterday where some inherited wealth, debt, kingship etc. Seriously, inheriting debt is not something good at all because no one wishes to become poor but when a generation is born and innocently takes the next line in paying debts meant for their fathers a long time ago, it becomes a journey one would keep walking on unless they decide to break the chain.

I also inherited something from my lineage and till today, it still baffles me to know that we all are affected after observing each of us, from my dad to his siblings and now myself and my siblings are included.

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What did I inherit?

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It is the absence of hair on the eyebrows which is called "eyebrow hair loss" or "eyebrow alopecia". When I googled the cause of this, it is usually caused by various reasons including medical conditions such as alopecia areata, changes in the hormone, overplucking or when one goes through treatments like chemotherapy which is one to combat cancer. In my case, it is a genetic predisposition because my family members also are experiencing similar thing.

It never occurred to me that it was a genetic thing until I started receiving questions from people about why I like to scrap the hair on my eyebrow off when it can be used to shape when one draws their brows with an eye pencil, they never believed that I never owned one because that is how my eyebrows are without hair. It is always funny to them that I have hair all over my body including my private parts but didn't have it on my eyebrows which is strange to them. I have a long hair which I also inherited from my family but this particular one is found missing.

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Many times, I find it hard to draw my eyebrows with a pencil when making up my face because the presence of hair would make it easier to be shaped than not having any hair on it, still I never stopped drawing one onto my eyebrows. I have searched on YouTube for different videos on how to grow one's eyebrows and practised some but when I saw nothing was happening, I left it alone. This made me ask my big sister one day if she has hair on hers too but told me no. I took my time to check everyone in the house when I travelled home for Christmas and noticed everyone was affected including my late grandmother and dad.

_{my big sis on the plane}

I asked my sister why it was so because no one in the house had one. She too was surprised when I told her about it, she only is aware of Mama's loss of hair on her eyebrows but not everyone. We later found out that our great-grandmother didn't have too. It was a funny thing because why would we not have hair on our eyebrows but have it in other parts of the body and they grow quickly? When we shave, before the next 2 weeks, everything grows back again.

This is something that will not happen artificially no matter what I use because it's a genetic condition which has affected everyone in my family but it doesn't take away our beauty because we still have a way of creating shapes with an eye pencil on our eyebrows to look good. It just makes it more of a prideful thing to me to be able to tell people when they ask why I cut my hair off but would happily tell them I don't even have it from the onset because it's genetic.

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_{I missed writing this for the Day 3 Inleo initiative and decided to write it as I find it interesting to talk about my lineage and what I inherited which is also my pride. If you are looking to participate, you can jump on it now by clicking the link below for more instructions.}

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